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Illustrative figuration Sasmal’s pen and ink on board is impressive

This is the third time that Galerie Karma is exhibiting in the city, thanks to the art scene which is picking up here. However, this time around, apart from the Bengal artists, Amitabh has also got S. Parnam Singh from Benares and V. Nagdas from Chattisgarh.

“They are well-known in north India but I want to introduce them to south India as well,” says Amitabh.

The many artists featured in the exhibition showcase varied styles and languages.

Veteran artist S. Parnam Singh, who heads the department of painting, Benares Hindu University, has done beautiful women in acrylic. The work depicting a saint has already been lapped up by an art connoisseur.

The artist, known for his figurative paintings of men and women and portraiture, has also portrayed scenes from the river Ganga at the Assi Ghat many times. If showcased, those would have been a real treat for Bangaloreans.

Those with a penchant for stark images would like young artists like Sanjay Manna and Asutosh Bhattacharjee’s flat-surfaced creations. In his canvases, Manna has tried to show men as beasts.

“Right from the moment we get up till when we go to sleep, we are aping the West blindly. We are obsessed with sex just like the West. I depict the distortion of our mentality and our culture by distorting the body parts of these men in my work,” says Sanjay Manna.

Asutosh Bhattacharjee’s canvases with strong lines and pale colours talk about power games. “We can never predict birth and death. We can’t decide either of the two. In between birth and death we play our power games,” says Asutosh.

Apart from these artists art lovers in Bangalore can also look out for V. Nagdas from Chattisgarh.

In the show, which is loaded with acrylic on canvas, Nagdas’ etchings come as a respite. The senior printmaker and painter offers a sepia palette. In “When Time Stood Forever” he uses mounds of human forms, body parts and missiles, to shows destruction and violence.

Dhiren Sasmal, uses pen and ink on board. The fact that he has illustrated so many books becomes apparent from his canvases.

The fine detailing and that too with just a ball point in Dhiren Sasmal’s “King & Queen 2” is enough to floor anyone. Those who like textured surfaces would admire Subrata Sen’s “Lotus Pond”. The way Arunava Mondal has played around with different hues of blue, green, turquoise is sheer poetry.

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